European History AP/ Miller Summer Assignment 2013 Chapter 13 ...

REVIEW QUESTIONSCheck your understanding of this chapter by answering the followingquestions. Each answer should consist of at least three sentences.1. What is humanism? What do humanists emphasize?2. How did the invention of movable type revolutionize European life?3. How did the Renaissance in northern Europe differ from that of Italy?4. Discuss Christian humanism by describing the works and ideas of Thomas More andDesiderius Erasmus.5. Why did Italy become a battleground for the European superpowers after l494?6. What were the obstacles to royal authority faced by the kings of France in the fifteenthcentury? How did Charles VII and his successors strengthen the French monarchy?7. What devices did Henry VII of England use to check the power of the aristocracy andstrengthen the monarchy?8. What were the achievements of Ferdinand and Isabella in the areas of national power andterritorial expansion?9. Why were blacks valued in Renaissance society? What roles did they play in the economic and sociallife of the times?10. In what ways did life for upper-class women change during the Renaissance?11. How was Renaissance art different from medieval art?12. Who were the New Christians (conversos) in Spain and why were many ultimately killed orexpelled?13. Describe the new social class in twelfth-century Italy called the "urban nobility." How and why didthis social class come into being and how did it affect the movement toward republican government?(note: this question asks about a time preceding the Renaissance.)14. What five powers dominated the Italian peninsula in the fifteenth century? How did the Italian citystatescontribute to modern diplomacy?15. How does the concept of individualism help explain the Renaissance? Did women and commonpeople play a role in the Renaissance?